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The Fundamentals

The language and the web machinery, learned by building it yourself — OOP, server-side rendering, WSGI, a tiny ORM, and packaging. Everything Django is made of, in pure Python first.

• 2026-08-16 Object-oriented Python: from loose dicts to classes that earn their keep // python · oop
• 2026-08-16 Server-side rendering in pure Python, part 1: from data to HTML // python · lab
• 2026-08-16 Server-side rendering in pure Python, part 2: rendering from PostgreSQL // python · lab
• 2026-08-17 How WSGI works: build a micro web framework in ~40 lines // python · wsgi
• 2026-08-17 How ORMs work: build a tiny one in ~50 lines // python · databases
• 2026-08-17 How Python packages work: pip, virtual environments, and uv // python · tooling